 Family-Friendly Benefits
Duke is committed to providing a family-friendly workplace to support faculty and staff in achieving their personal and professional goals. Duke strives to help employees balance work and family responsibilities by providing enhanced support, services and benefits.
Duke provides information and assistance in helping faculty and staff balance work and family responsibilities, parenting and other family concerns.
- Paid Parental Leave - Duke provides up to three consecutive weeks of 100% paid parental leave to the eligible parent serving as the primary caregiver following the birth or adoption of a child.
- Duke Children's Campus - Duke Children's Campus is an on-campus child care facility provided exclusively for faculty, staff and students.
- Duke Child Care Partnership - Duke has partnered with the Child Care Services Association to provide grants to area child care centers for improving the quality of child care or expanding space for infants and toddlers. Duke faculty, staff and students receive priority for vacant spaces at these facilities.
- Duke's Care Connection - The Care Connection web site assists employees in their search for the most suitable care for their children. Included on the web site is information regarding family child caregivers, what to look for when searching for quality child care, and information on financial assistance for child care.
- Elder Care - The elder care web site includes information and resources available to Duke faculty and staff seeking help with elder care. Included on the web site is the Duke Family Support Program, which provides elder care referrals and resources to Duke employees who require this assistance.
Duke offers two educational benefit plans: the Employee Tuition Assistance Program and the Children's Tuition Grant Program. The
Employee Tuition Assistance Program provides reimbursement of tuition for
classes taken at Duke or any other higher educational institution accredited by
the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools with a presence in North
Carolina. The Tuition Grant Program provides a grant for undergraduate tuition
expenses incurred by the children of eligible employees.
Professional Development
Faculty and staff can earn academic credit through continuing education or enhance their work-related skills through various professional development opportunities at Duke.
- Learning & Organization Development - Provides a variety of organizational and performance development services, including a wide array of workshops on such topics as management, communication, and conflict resolution.
- Professional Development Institute - Offers long-term training programs with a tailored curriculum designed to develop skills and capabilities needed to fill identified job opportunities across Duke.
- Office of Continuing Education - Offers more than 200 non-credit courses and workshops each year. The courses range from the purely academic to the practical for both personal enrichment and career development.
Duke's employee discount program, PERQs, provides discounted products and services offered by participating businesses including stores, hotels, restaurants, theme parks and entertainment providers.
Personal Assistance Service includes a staff of licensed professionals who offer assessment, short-term counseling, and referrals to help resolve a range of personal, work, and family problems.
Established in 1968, Duke University Federal Credit Union is a non-profit financial cooperative that provides
members with a full range of quality, convenient financial services at competitive prices.
LIVE FOR LIFE, Duke's employee health promotion program, provides opportunities to enhance the health and productivity of the Duke workforce including the Duke Fitness Club, which provides a broad range of fitness options throughout the Triangle at discounted rates for faculty, staff and their family members.
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